The first Pilgrim house was used for storing grain and tools. It was called the common house. Pilgrim houses weren`t big or fancy. Most only had one room. In the one room was a fireplace for cooking and for warmth, a chamber was for sleeping, a table for eating, a chamber pot for using the bathroom, and the beds. The parents slept on a jack bed. It was called a jack bed because; it was so high up for the trundle beds to fit under it. A trundle bed is was what the children slept on. It was stored under the parent`s bed. Pilgrim houses weren’t big or fancy. In winter if someone was writing with ink and a quill it would freeze right on the spot! The Pilgrims could not have much furniture because of the limited space. They had something kind of like a couch called a settle. It blocked the cold winds in winter. The father had his own chair that no one else could sit in. They had a table. To have all this some children had to sleep in the loft on sacks filled with straw. Some were made softer with feathers or cotton. One type of house was called a saltbox house because, it looked like the place where salt was stored in colonial days where salt was kept.
All information was found in, If You Lived In Colonial Times by Ann McGovern and Don`t Know Much About the Pilgrims by Kenneth C. Davis.
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The first Pilgrim house was used for storing grain and tools. It was called the common house. Pilgrim houses weren`t big or fancy. Most only had one room. In the one room was a fireplace for cooking and for warmth, a chamber was for sleeping, a table for eating, a chamber pot for using the bathroom, and the beds. The parents slept on a jack bed. It was called a jack bed because; it was so high up for the trundle beds to fit under it. A trundle bed is was what the children slept on. It was stored under the parent`s bed. Pilgrim houses weren’t big or fancy. In winter if someone was writing with ink and a quill it would freeze right on the spot! The Pilgrims could not have much furniture because of the limited space. They had something kind of like a couch called a settle. It blocked the cold winds in winter. The father had his own chair that no one else could sit in. They had a table. To have all this some children had to sleep in the loft on sacks filled with straw. Some were made softer with feathers or cotton. One type of house was called a saltbox house because, it looked like the place where salt was stored in colonial days where salt was kept.
All information was found in, If You Lived In Colonial Times by Ann McGovern and Don`t Know Much About the Pilgrims by Kenneth C. Davis.
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